Albert Tseng
Please help me understand this passage from Pinocchio.
Mangiafoco asks Pinocchio about his father, Geppetto: <Guadagna molto?>
Pinocchio: <Guadagna tanto quanto ci vuole per non aver mai centesimo in tasca......>
What does Pinocchio's reply mean???
23 mars 2017 14:39
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I think it's a kind of joke, Pinocchio says that is father "earns what is needed not to have a pence in his pockets", so he's saying that he's actually poor.
23 mars 2017
... he earns enough to don't have a dime in is pocket... it's a metaphor for he's broken
25 mars 2017
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Albert Tseng
Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Chinois (taïwanais), Anglais, Italien, Japonais, Espagnol
Langue étudiée
Anglais, Italien, Japonais, Espagnol
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